Louis Giokas started out in the aerospace business holding positions in development and management. At General Electric Aerospace (now part of Lockheed Martin) he held positions of software engineer... More

Location service refers to a set of devices and software that allow the tracking of all manner of items in an enterprise. In general these are real time tracking services. Thus, an enterprise has a real time picture of where everything that needs to be tracked is and can deploy, resupply and maintain all these items in a consistent manner. This is a truly Internet of Things (IoT) environment. In the healthcare environment, this level of management can be critical, and can also lead to major efficiencies. In this course we will review the general field of Real Time Location Services (RTLS) and then discuss their application of and use in a healthcare setting.

There are a number of available RTLS products in the industry. We will discuss a sampling of those available. In general these are not compatible. We will also discuss standards that should lead to interoperability between these. As mentioned, there are always new technologies being developed and...

Applying location services in a healthcare environment is a major task. There are many considerations. These might include how to apply the tags and locate the sensors as well as security and management of the location services system as a whole. We will discuss these issues and work through some...

The tags and sensors are important, but they do not actually do the job by themselves. All of the data collected by the sensors are collected, stored and processed by multiple layers of software which allows a full picture of the collection of things being monitored to be given. This includes the...

At base, location services rely on the tags and sensors used. There are many types already in use, and more are being developed. We will concentrate on those used in the healthcare environment. One of the most important aspects in healthcare is accuracy of location and we will address these issues...

This lecture will concentrate on a general description of RTLS. This will include an introduction into the general technologies used, and the implementation issues generally encountered. RTLS is much more than just tags and sensors and we will take a systems approach to understanding the topic.

August 21, 2017 - 2:00pm EDT

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